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After more than 30 years near the Canadian County Courthouse in El Reno, the county’s child advocacy center is moving to Yukon.

The Child Abuse Response Team (C.A.R.T.) will relocate in coming months to what is now the Canadian County Health Department’s Yukon office on East Vandament. The CCHD this spring will open a newly remodeled site on State Highway 66 just west of Evans Road.

“We will be moving with some other agencies to the former Canadian County Health Department in Yukon,” C.A.R.T. House Executive Director Joanne Riley said.

A Canadian County judge has set bail at $1 million for a man who allegedly caused the fentanyl-related death of his daughter.

George Harold Graves, 54, was booked Dec. 16, 2023, into the Canadian County Jail after being formally charged Nov. 13 in Canadian County District Court with first-degree murder (distribution of a controlled dangerous substance).

The defendant - who has a Red Lake, Minn. address - is accused of murdering Stormie Jasmine Graves in February 2023 when she overdosed at her Calumet home.

Natural gas producers who have an application pending to export Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) won’t get a decision from the U.S. Department of Energy anytime soon.

That’s because the Biden administration has announced a temporary pause on pending decisions for exports of LNG until the DOE evaluates the impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, energy security and climate change.

The decision does not have Congressman Tom Cole’s support.

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Rotating two of its top three scorers due to an injury and foul trouble, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team used an abnormal lineup to produce another victory in a perfect season to date.

El Reno moved to 20-0 on the year with a 57-44 home victory over Elgin to sweep the league series over the Owls. It’s just the second 20-win season for head coach Jennifer Douglas and the first during the regular season.

Any notions of a letdown after upsetting the district leader two days earlier were quickly laid to rest as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team posted a 68-30 wire-to-wire victory over Elgin.

The win gave El Reno the regular-season sweep of the Owls and moved Rodney Haydon’s squad to 15-5 on the season.

The Indians gained some ground on the top three teams in the District 5A-1 standings as the 38-point blowout moved EHS to 7-4, but still remaining in fourth place.

El Reno High School assistant wrestling coaches (from left) Nick Brooks, Austin Mogg and Jaxen Gilmore react differently while yelling out instructions during a match at the recent Class 5A District 3 Championships.

EHS head coach Anthony McDonald (arms over head) waits out the final outcome as wrestler Matthew Snyder shouts encouragement.

Due to the loss to Carl Albert, El Reno will not be in this weekend’s dual state championships for a second straight season and will not wrestle again until the 5A West Regional Championships in Duncan Feb. 16-17.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team jumped back into the win column last week with a 79-60 home victory over Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.

The win moved the Cougars into a tie with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and Connors State College for first in the NJCAA Region 2 standings at 5-2.

The three teams are a game in front of fourth-place NOC Enid.